class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide .title[ # How to do your homework ] .subtitle[ ## Extra: Homeworks ] .author[ ### Manuel Villarreal ] .date[ ### 08/28/24 ] --- ### Homeworks - Your first homework should be (or will be) available on the linear regression module on CANVAS. -- - As you will see there is a propmpt with an experimental question and some details about the design. -- - This is all part of the information you need to do your homework. -- - But what do you need to have on the pdf that you will turn in? --- ### Introduction - When introducing the results section of o a paper it is always useful to remind people what it is that we are interested in. -- - This should fit in a single paragraph and explain what the research question was and the type of variables or conditions that have been colected, for example what are the experimental conditions. --- ### Sample - A second step is to introduce details about the sample, what are the means of the variables of interest, how many participants are in each experimental condition etc. -- - This section should also be short but give the reader a general idea of the structure of the study and some particularitues of the sample in it. --- ### Modeling - Describe the modeling approach that would answer the research question, and if the model that you found to be the best is the same one then there is nothing else to do. -- - On the other hand, if the model that you used is different from the simplest model that would answer the experimental question you can explain your reasons briefly. -- - For example, is there an important reason to add one variable? does the additional variable make the model assumptions more plausible? --- ### Estimation - Present the results fomr the model you choose as the best. -- - Here it is important not to just throw numbers at the reader but to interpret what does numbers mean and how do they relate to the experimental question. -- - Remember to use in-line code to report estimated values and not to add more than 3 decimal places in the numbers you report. -- - Adding figures when describing results is always better than just writing values on a table. As a rule of thumb if you can replace a table or in-line coding with a graph it is always better to use the graph and explain the results with it. --- ### Finish - Finish with a small conclusion of what the results mean, for example, how does all the work that you've done answer the original research question? -- - That should be all. Try not to make it more than 2 pages long including figures. -- - It's very important to summarize information.